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Monday, February 26, 2018

REMEMBRANCE: The Kennedys in the White House, a photo reminiscence

Jack & Jackie: The Kennedys in the White House Photos by Richard Avedon, through March 25, 2018 at the D'Amour Museum of Fine ArtsSpringfield, MA

In collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution. the National Museum

of American History, and
private collectors, this exhibition explores the

"legacy of the Kennedys
as promoters of art, culture, and elegance."

Was there ever a first couple as photogenic and chic as this one?

"... You know the pictures. They’re the ones we’re still looking
at, still marveling over, the ones that make us fall in love all over again with a family
we’ve never met, and specifically with the man at the center of that
family. These photographs have had
an outsized effect on our assessment of JFK’s presidency, and our
collective feelings about them have served as his magic fishbone,
getting him out of one scrape or another as the years pass by and the
revelations and reassessments pile up."

... The Atlantic, Summer 2012

JFK, Jr. was only 2 months old when

his parents took up residence in the White House.

American Goddess

Jackie in her inaugural gown, 1961

This now-iconic desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to President
Rutherford